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This feels very Vancouver

With winter here and many of us driving in the dark more, a reminder for drivers to check their headlights. Especially Teslas, who tend to come out of the factory not properly calibrated (per many Reddit discussions I’ve read).

A how to:

https://service.tesla.com/docs/ModelY/ServiceManual/en-us/GUID-694B4797-00C4-4D0E-B912-CD778DB67C0A.html

There’s also guides for matrix headlights and lots of YouTube videos on how to do this.

Please do this for everyone’s vision and safety.

If you’re aware of other resources for other car types, please share below.

I walk at a pretty brisk pace, had my headphones in, and I literally just took my bottles in for that money 10 mins before and if you didn’t chase me down I would’ve been going in there for nothing lol I’ll be eating tonight thanks to you, so thank you very much-good karma is definitely coming your way!

Just curious what the bright orange lights are for in Surrey or Delta. Only a guess, but are they are at the Vancouver landfill, and do they shine upward and all directions as some sort of pest deterrent?

long shot but PLSPLSPLS let mw know if you come by a travel frog bag charm anywhere around 😞 i lost it between monday (Nov 25) to wed (nov 27)

i was at downtown area, ubc, around kingsway

IK THIS IS PROBS A LOST CAUSE BUT IM SO SAD AND YK JS IN CASE :(( it has a lot of sentimental value for me so im rly rly sad about it :(((

plz lmk if u find my frog and ty. heres a pic^

Walking through my front door, there’s an overflowing coat rack and pile of shoes (why, when you really only need a rain jacket and Blundstones), a bookshelf (colour-coded, against my will), framed pictures of family near and far, a well-loved green couch adopted five years ago from a friend-of-a-friend. Every room is designed around the windows, desperate to take advantage of the light filtering through those heavy pacific northwest clouds, supplemented by a happy light this time of year. A once-hopeful houseplant withers in a corner; it promised to enjoy lowlight, but maybe not this low. The kitchen has open cabinets, plain dishes stacked next to discount groceries, fridge stocked with lentil soup and bags of carrots and onions and the dregs of a can of tomato paste. The scent of garlic and butter lingers. Friends’ art line the walls, framed and hung precariously with command strips or a single nail— I am a renter, after all. Laundry hang-dries in the open. The bathtub needs caulking again, is maybe growing mold (okay definitely), the baseboards separate from the floor, but hey, it’s original dark hardwood. The ashes of my beloved dog sit next to my desk, a ceramic pawprint like all the ones she left at the beach. My partner’s old textbooks stacked underneath: The Jazz Standards, Tonal Harmony. When friends visit, we pull kitchen chairs into the living room, eat sushi on the floor, watch a movie on my laptop, keep the porch light shining. At the first of the month, I send off our dues, not mentioning the mold, not mentioning the flickering lights, only holding my breath in hope that we can stay. 

Houses want to be lived in—want the comings and goings, muddy shoes on the front step. Without us, they crumble. For years this house has fallen in on itself while I’ve moved from renoviction to demoviction to abusive landlord to another windowless basement, each time packing my cheap dishes next to my dog’s ashes, adding another address sticker to my driver’s license, hanging the same art on new walls. Somewhere a number on a screen ticks higher each year as this roof buckles, paint peels, spiders spin, and the house yearns for someone to care for it, yearns to become a home. 

#OccupyShaughnessy

I was at a nightclub the other week and part way through the night I noticed that the payment machine mentioned that there was already a 15% tip added on the same screen that was asking if I wanted to leave a tip. I wasn't drunk or anything, but I prior to this, throughout the night I was adding another tip without noticing the message about a 15% tip already being added (it has become muscle memory to add a tip in certain situations).

When I saw it I asked the bartender "Oh, is there already a tip added?" and they replied "Uhh, ya - but we only get half of that."

I don't go to nightclubs often - is this fairly common now or is this in fact odd?

Heya, I have a pergola and a very large (11' x 12') clear vinyl tarp. Now that the weather is bad I want to easily roll/unroll the tarp on the pergola. Its size and weight are making this less than trivial.

I have a general idea of how to do it myself, but I'd rather just pay someone that already has the tools to get it done right on the first try.

I've tried posting on Houzz but I'm new to finding general contractors/builders/engineers. Any tips?

My brother just adopted a rescue dog and took it for a walk...on leash...around New Brighton Park about 11:30 this morning. She slipped the leash and bolted westward towards the Port. Port people were great and were trying to track her down with their CCTV but no luck.

Please if you see her DM me. She is about 50 lbs, about a year old, so kinda still puppyish, and is named Angel. She is mainly black short fur with tan Markings. She is not chipped as she just arrived, and I am sure she is freaking out with both the weather and the new city. My brother is freaking out as well.

She may have gone into the neighbourhood along Wall Street. (Grandview-Woodlands, Hastings-Sunrise)

https://reddit.com/link/1h3p9mw/video/seg9wi5uf44e1/player

https://preview.redd.it/pah2k1q3g44e1.jpg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5d1f6adee6aede1c0afda487bd475b18116ebbdf

Hey, can whoever stole my white real tree jacket from hero’s welcome last night please just bring it back. I’m broke af and need it. It would genuinely mean a lot to me. Thanks…

October 31,2024 5:40pm Willingdon and Canada Way in front of the Shell gas station

A fender bender between a BMW and Mitsubishi SUV while both were changing into the same lane. Unfortunately, the gas stations did not have any footage.

Thank you!

Did the city of Vancouver pay for it ?

I’m not against it or Taylor, I was just curious who was responsible for it.

I signed up to pick up food from various food commissaries, cafes, bakeries and deliver it to local organizations and pantries. You can pick and choose whichever ones you want. The volume of food is astounding at times, sickening really if it were to be thrown away. I also may or may not have sampled a pastry or two along the way. Download the app. It's a very tangible rewarding thing to do.

Just reading an employee bulletin: There will be a TransLink Pop Up Store, at Waterfront Station, Dec 10 & 11, from Noon until 6pm!

I cycle on the Central Valley Greenway a few times a week and I was getting tired of near misses when cars were illegally turning right on the red light at the Douglas and Still Creek Ave intersection. So I completed the Burnaby RCMP crime form with the details.

They phoned me today to thank me for the complaint. They did some enforcement and caught enough people that they consider it a reoccurring problem and will increase their monitoring of the intersection.

Complaining can work! Report when you are continuously seeing illegal activity at intersections.

https://ocre-sielc.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/burnaby/en